Watchdog: 25 Years of Muckraking and Rabblerousing - Softcover

Lueders, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979047552 ISBN 13: 9780979047558

Publisher: Jones Books, 2010

Synopsis

For the last quarter century, Bill Lueders has been one of Wisconsin's most prominent journalists. This collection brings together some of his best work: opinion columns, investigative pieces and some more personal writing. It's both a chronicle of recent history and a testament to an award-winning writing career.

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From the Publisher:

Praise for Watchdog

"Bill Lueders [is Madison's] own demon dog of print journalism, an alley mutt hungry for the truth. [He's] angered cops, prosecutors and powerful politicians with his opinions and investigations. He has been fearless in the face of authority, and anyone who thinks that is easy is mistaken. It is much easier to be liked."--Doug Moe, Madison author and Wisconsin State Journal columnist

"As a politician who has sometimes felt the sting of a well-placed Bill Lueders jab, I have to admit that he writes with clarity, wit and passion ... and once in a while he's even right. Bill goes fearlessly and fiercely wherever the truth takes him."--Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz

"It's been something of an insider secret that Madison journalist Bill Lueders is one of the best in Wisconsin. But no longer: Watchdog, which collects his wonderfully insightful and incisive commentary on politics, people and places, demonstrates just how talented, how readable, and how smart he is in guiding us through the state of our state."--Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author

From the Inside Flap:

For the last quarter century, Bill Lueders has been one of Wisconsin's most prominent journalists. He's received dozens of awards for his reporting and commentary, written two previous books, and served since 2004 as the elected president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council. From his perch as news editor at Isthmus, Madison's weekly paper, he has developed a reputation for being tough-minded yet fair, incisive yet funny. This collection brings together some of his best work: opinion columns, investigative pieces and some more personal writing. It's both a chronicle of recent history and a testament to a remarkable writing career.Praise for Watchdog “Bill Lueders [is Madison's] own demon dog of print journalism, an alley mutt hungry for the truth. [He's] angered cops, prosecutors and powerful politicians with his opinions and investigations. He has been fearless in the face of authority, and anyone who thinks that is easy is mistaken. It is much easier to be liked.”—From the Foreword by Doug Moe, Madison author and columnist "As a politician who has sometimes felt the sting of a well-placed Bill Lueders jab, I have to admit that he writes with clarity, wit and passion ... and once in a while he's even right. Bill goes fearlessly and fiercely wherever the truth takes him.” —Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz “It’s been something of an insider secret that Madison journalist Bill Lueders is one of the best in Wisconsin. But no longer: Watchdog, which collects his wonderfully insightful and incisive commentary on politics, people and places, demonstrates just how talented, how readable, and how smart he is in guiding us through the state of our state.”—Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author

About this edition

• Publisher: Jones Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0979047552
• ISBN 13: 9780979047558
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 302